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Westchester singing sensation Carly Rose Sonenclar did not win the second season of "The X Factor" tonight. After more than 35 million votes were cast Wednesday night, that honor, and the $5 million recording contract with Sony and Simon Cowell's Syco Records, went to 37-year-old Missourian Tate Stevens.

At the very end of tonight's two-hour finale - which included performances by white-hot boy band One Direction and rapper Pitbull - host Mario Lopez delivered the verdict. ...